It was Caitlin Lukehart's turn to snag the next paddlefish.
But she was too tired from already catching several big ones, so she let her husband have the next turn on the pole.
That twist of fate Sunday gave James Lukehart a likely world record paddlefish weighing 146 pounds 11 ounces. It also broke the current Oklahoma paddlefish record by several pounds.
Lukehart, of Edmond, Oklahoma, snagged the behemoth at Keystone Lake, a portion of the Arkansas River west of Tulsa. Guide Jeremiah Mefford, of Reel Good Time Guide Service, said he saw the huge fish on his fish finder, but it was sheer luck that Lukehart was able to snag it.